Excerpts from the Strategic Plan for the National Mapping Division of the U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of the Interior, February 1997

Information management:

"...support...an integrated bureau-wide data and information management strategy...."

Research:

"...develop and apply new approaches to integrating geospatial data into a wide range of geoscience and bioscience models..."

"[achieve recognition in] geographic, cartographic, and information management research..."

1998/05/11